02.15.08 5:00 AM CST
• Movies
• Robert DeSalvo
Not so long ago in a theater in the galaxy you’re sitting in, Star Wars fans saw what many assumed would be the last chapter in the long-running space saga with 2005’s Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith. It seems that the Force is still with George Lucas, however. Just the other day, Lucasfilm Ltd., Warner Bros. Pictures and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. announced a deal to release Star Wars: The Clone Wars theatrically on August 15 to be followed by a television series in the fall on the Cartoon Network and TNT. The animated film is set between Episode II and III when the last Jedi Knights fought bravely against an ever-growing Dark Side assault led by Palpatine, Count Dooku and General Grievous. Favorite characters like R2-D2, Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padme Amidala will be onboard as well as new heroes like Anakin’s padawan, Ahsoka. “I felt there were a lot more Star Wars stories left to tell,” says Lucas. “I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the art of animation forward.”
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